[Resolved] Multilingual WordPress Website using GeneratePress

[Timo]

Hi!

My question is related to multilingual websites.

I noticed that there is already a Finnish translation of GeneratePress (https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/generatepress/). There are also great translation plugins for WordPress, that can help me to translate the content on my website.

But there is still something I haven’t yet figured out and that is: how should I implement a multilingual WordPress site with GeneratePress?

For instance, for each post, there is a bit of metadata visible, like: “April 27, 2020 by Timo”.

The date formatting is a bit different in my country, but I don’t pay attention to it for now. However, the word “by” needs a translation, and it’s provided by the theme(?).

So how does the translation occur in practice:

a) I translate the word “by” (and the rest of the words provided by the theme) with WPML. But this means that the next time a new version of GeneratePress comes out, the translation will be overridden back to the original?

b) I’ll install a separate version of GP (the Finnish version) next to my English version?

What is the preferred way to do this? Or rather, is there a nice way to do it?

Cheers,
Timo

[Leo]

Hi there,

I translate the word “by” (and the rest of the words provided by the theme) with WPML. But this means that the next time a new version of GeneratePress comes out, the translation will be overridden back to the original?

Not 100% sure but if the translation is done with the plugin then it shouldn’t be overwritten when updating GP.

Can you give that a shot? Just remove the current version and reupload it.

[Timo]

Ok, thanks.

[Leo]

Sorry did it work? Let me know 🙂

[Timo]

Don’t know, haven’t tried yet 🙂

I’ll get to this later.

Cheers,
Timo

[Leo]

Sounds good 🙂

[Timo]

So if I wanted to install the Finnish version of GeneratePress, how would I do it?

[Leo]

Like as the default version?

If your WordPress language setting is Finnish then the translation should automatically apply as it’s 100% translated:
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/generatepress/

[Timo]

Ok.

So I installed GP and switched the WordPress language to Finnish.

Now, when I go to the front page of the website, most of the content is in Finnish. But then, there are some words in English, like Uncategorized or 1 comment:

https://bloginperustaminen.com/

What do I need to do next? Are those untranslated words coming from WordPress or from the theme?

Cheers,
Timo

[Leo]

Couldn’t you edit the category name within WordPress?

[Timo]

Yes, I can do that.

What about the word “comments”. Is that coming from GeneratePress or from WordPress?

[Leo]

Does this help?
https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/translation-search-comments/

[Timo]

Actually, the texts I have mentioned are now translated.

I’ll refer to the documentation if needed. Thanks!

[Leo]

No problem 🙂

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